can you recommend me a deep freeze application that cannot affect the shutting down system of my laptop?
(Dell XPS 12 , windows 8)

I just upgraded a Windows 8.1 Pro computer to Windows 10 Pro by performing an upgrade that kept the files and applications in tact.

Now around 33% of the time when users logon onto the computer using their local Windows profiles they receive an error that says "C:\Windows\system32\config\systeprofile\Desktop is unavailable. If the location is on this PC, make sure the device or drive is connected or the disc is inserted, and then try again. If the location is on a network, make sure you're connected to the network or Internet, and then try again. If the location still can't be found, it might have been moved or deleted" (see the screenshot).

This computer isn't joined to any domains.

If we log off of the computer and then log on again (with the same or a different local user account) the logon is successful.

I have run the SFC /scannow and the following DISM commands which have all run successfully and reported no errors.

What can I do to fix this issue so that this error will stop occurring?

DISM commands I have run:

DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /Checkhealth
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /Scanhealth
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /Restorehealth

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What are the steps to directly upgrade Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 so that all programs, user accounts, and customizations will remain in place after the upgrade to Windows 10 completes?

Is this as easy as downloading the Windows 10 ISO file into Windows 8.1 and then running the Windows 10 setup file within the Windows 8.1 OS and following the prompts to upgrade?

Hi,

I'd like to know whether it is possible to directly find a device's GUID
if I know the BUS / VID and PID  (or BUS VEN / DEV) of it


The only option that I have so far is to retrieve all devices withWMI (in my case only usb network devices), get their PNPDeviceID and parse for it.

Is there anything faster? WMI is rather slow and my code doesn't really seem elegant.
Are there options using directly the win32 module?

My current code works for python2 and python3, but as mentioned above.
I manually search through all network devices and parse the PNPDeviceID
my code:

import wmi

c = wmi.WMI()

def find_by(bus, vid, pid):
    nw_adapters = (
        c.Win32_NetworkAdapter(AdapterTypeId=0)
        + c.Win32_NetworkAdapter(AdapterTypeId=9)
        )
    pnp_string_start = r"%s\VID_%s&PID_%s" % (bus, vid, pid)
    for device in nw_adapters:
        if device.PNPDeviceID.startswith(pnp_string_start):
            return device
    return None


def get_guid(bus, vid, pid):
    device = find_by(bus, vid, pid)
    return None if device is None else device.GUID

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Had a major power outage on my home network thee weeks ago and found out that my DFS Names space was not working. Which meant all my Folder redirections stopped working.

My GPO's users the DFS share name as the path \\my.network\dfsshare\UsersHomeDirectories

And from all my desktops I could not access the share  So I temporarily sent it to the server \\server01\UserHomeDirectories and that worked

I then created a New DFS Share and that is now working  I then changed my GPO's back to using the DFS Share name

I also changed to using shortcuts to use the share and added them to the desktop  the use to be in network locations

I have Windows 7 windows 8.1 Windows 10 Physical and VM's using VMware ESXI 6.5  
Windows 2008 Windows 2012R2 and Windows 2016

I have made the change to the new dfs share and on most machines they are picking up the new shortcut.

I have a Windows 8.1, Windows 7 and Windows 2012 R2 that are not.

They are getting Event Id 4098

Log Name:      Application
Source:        Group Policy Shortcuts
Date:          5/5/2018 9:47:04 AM
Event ID:      4098
Task Category: (2)
Level:         Warning
Keywords:      Classic
User:          SYSTEM
Computer:      Server007-2012R2
Description:
The user 'Home Drive' preference item in the 'Network Drives-Servers {A8A28D61-3A28-4D75-82DB-2E73C158829A}' Group Policy Object did not apply because it failed with error code '0x80070002 The system cannot find the file specified.' This error was …

There is a VB6 application that uses ADODB to connect to LDAP and do a lot of operations, there is an LDAP Attribute (field) called "co-unit" and when the application runs specifically on Windows 8 (it has been tested on other OSs and works 100%) generates an "Unspecified error (-2147467259)" error and after analyzing the source code it was discovered that the problem is that when trying to run the Querye it does not accept any field that contains in its name the hyphen, for example co-unit , no-drive, dt-creation, etc ...

I have already searched in numerous forums including MVPs and other professionals but I have not been able to find any solution, because it seems that this problem should never have occurred.

I would like to know if there is anyone who can help me and give a light to solve this problem, I have tried everything, changed components, tried to get the Attribute through ADSPath among other ways and none gave result giving the same error.

You are my last attempt to help.

I'm waiting for some help from someone.

Excerpt from code that generates error:



sqlStmt = "SELECT uid, co-unit, cn" & _
    "FROM 'LDAP: //" & m_LDAPServer & ":" & m_LDAPPort & "/ o =" & m_Org & "/ ou =" & m_OrgPeople &
    "WHERE uid = '" & m_User & "'" & "and objectClass = '*'"
   
    'executes the data string ...
    Err.Clear
    Set rs = con.Execute (sqlStmt) 'IN THIS POINT IT GENERATES ERROR, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT ROLL THE STRING, ONLY IF I REMOVE THE FIELD …

I am developing a windows application with c#. I need to get the file and folder name when I right click on a file to use for other functions. Right now I have made the registry keys to get my application running. When I right click on a file (word, ppt, txt, etc) my context menu shows the option I added, Set Perm. When that is selected my windows application opens up. In a text box on the form, I want to display the full file name and path. Is there a way to do that? I've added %0 and %1 in the registry to the end of the argument to launch my app, but it does not work. I've tried h:\temp\myapp.exe %1 and h:\temp\myapp.exe %0. Putting the %1 or %0 in quotes did not change anything. I am in Windows 8 using Visual Studio 2017. Thanks.

Dear all,

Kindly note that I am facing windows 10 update issue for 3 days. I disable the windows 10 from the services.msc and uninstalled it from the program and features. On the second day the service of windows update launch by itself. Again, I disable it, uninstalled it from program and features and block it from the windows firewall.
Today, the service start again. I am pretty sure there is something that enable this service somehow.
I am really annoyed and feeling crazy about.

Hello,

I've a kid that likes to play with keyboard and power/restart buttons in the case, so, is there a way that I can make windows ask for a password when I try to shut down or restart?

OS: Windows 8.1

Best regards,

User has Microsoft Word 2013 running on a Windows 8.1 machine.  Whenever they try and open a file that has been emailed to them, they get an error message from Word.  If they receive a .zip file, they can click on the zip to open it, which then shows a list of the files in the archive.  These files can't be opened by double-clicking.

I looked at Windows Update, but I don't see any Office 2013 updates.


I have been able to work around this file open error in the following way:

• User saves file to computer (they are saving in DropBox)
• User then right-clicks on the saved file, and selects  EDIT
• The file appears on the screen, and can be viewed and printed.

Could this be a Word problem?  Would upgrading to Office 365  or  Office 2016 help?


Any idea why these attachments can't be opened?

Thanks